Destruction in Kobe (2025)

Destruction in Kobe
Promotional poster featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	September 28, 2025
City	Kobe, Japan
Venue	Kobe World Memorial Hall
Event chronology
← Previous Forbidden Door Next → King of Pro-Wrestling
Destruction chronology
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Destruction in Kobe (2025) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and will take place at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan on September 28, 2025. It will be the twenty-seventh event in the Destruction chronology.

Production

Storylines

Destruction in Kobe will feature professional wrestling matches that will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. ^[1]

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1	Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, Yoshi-Hashi, El Desperado and Yoh vs. House of Torture (Evil, Sanada, Dick Togo, Douki and Sho)	Ten-man tag team match [2]
2	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan	Singles match [3]
3	Boltin Oleg (c) vs. Don Fale (with Dick Togo)	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship [2]
4	Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice)	Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship [3]
5	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship [4]
6	David Finlay (with Gedo) vs. Yota Tsuji	Singles match [3]
7	Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Shingo Takagi	Singles match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship [3]
8	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Ren Narita	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [5]
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

References

1. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
2. "Destruction In Kobe 2025". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . September 2, 2025.
3. Carey, Ian (September 2, 2025). "NJPW announces matches for Destruction in Kobe, other September shows". Wrestling Observer Newsletter .
4. Currier, Joseph (September 25, 2025). "NOAH title to be defended at NJPW Destruction in Kobe". Wrestling Observer Newsletter .
5. Lambert, Jeremy (September 2, 2025). "Zack Sabre Jr To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Ren Narita At NJPW Destruction In Kobe". Fightful.